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lume of the Mahahhashya itself. I have reason, 

 houever, for doubting that it was ever completed. 



Thk commentaries on the Siddlianta Caiimitdi 

 and Maimrama are very numerous. The most cele- 

 brated shall be here briefly noticed. 1. The Tatwa 

 hkrh'ini expounds the Hiddlianta : it is the work of. 

 Inyaxe'ndra Saraswati, an ascetick, and the 

 pupil of Va man E' n d ra Swa mi'. 2. The Sdbdendu 

 s'ec'hara is another commentary on Bhat't'o'ji''& 

 grammar. It was composed by a successor, if not 

 a descendant, of that grammarian. An abridgment 

 of it, which is very generally studied, is the work 

 of Nage's'a, son of S/iva Bhat't'a, and pupil of 

 Haridi'cshita. He was patronised, as appears, 

 from his preface, by the proprietor of Sringavkrd 

 pura *. Though called an abridgment, this Laghii 

 S'ahdendii is a voluminous performance. 3. The 

 Laghu S'ubdaratna is a commentary on the Mano- 

 ramcL of Bhat't'o'ji' Di'cshita, by the author's 

 grandson, Hari' Dicshita. This work is not im- 

 ])roperly termed an abridgment, since it is short in 

 comparison with most other commentaries on gram- 

 mar. A larger performance on the same topicks, 

 and with the same title of S'dbda ratna, was com- 

 posed by a professor of this school. 4. Bala sar- 

 MAN Pagoj^diya, wlio is either fourth or fifth 

 in succession from Bhatto'ji', as professor of 

 grammar at Benares, has written commentaries on 

 tlie Caustubha, S'dbda retna, and Sabdendu sec'hara. 

 His father, Baidyarat'ha bhatta, largely anno- 

 tated the Paribhdshendu s'echara of Nago'j'i'^ 

 Bhatta, which is an argumentative commentary 

 on a collection of grammatical axioms and defini- 

 tions cited by the glossarists o^' Pa'N'ini. This 

 compilation, entitled Paribhdsha^ has also furnished 

 the text for other controversial performances bearing 

 similar titles. 



P 2 While 



* A town on the Ganjes, marked Slnghore in Reonel's maps. Ic 

 is situated above Illahahad. 



